While it's only $1 mil, I'm not a big fan of this deal at all. For some reason the team likes Ibanez a lot more than Damon. Could be that Damon's asking for $5 mil while Ibanez is asking for $1 mil. I really hope he doesn't see more than 300 at bats.
I think Damon is gonna want to do more than just DH. He's gonna want to play the field, too, and the team feels good about their outfield players. Now if Swisher can actually contribute this year in the postseason (if the Yankees make it), then maybe they'd have a shot at winning the World Series.
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While it's only $1 mil, I'm not a big fan of this deal at all. For some reason the team likes Ibanez a lot more than Damon. Could be that Damon's asking for $5 mil while Ibanez is asking for $1 mil. I really hope he doesn't see more than 300 at bats.
I think Damon is gonna want to do more than just DH. He's gonna want to play the field, too, and the team feels good about their outfield players. Now if Swisher can actually contribute this year in the postseason (if the Yankees make it), then maybe they'd have a shot at winning the World Series.
I guess, to me Swisher is the least of the Yanks worries. He's a role player, the big guys were miserable last season and to me, that's a much bigger issue.
Girardi was on Mike'd up lastnite on NBC 4 here in NY, sang AJ's praises, mentioned game 2 and said for many struggling the way AJ did here in NY...... Many would completely fold, but AJ gave his all every time
Girardi was on Mike'd up lastnite on NBC 4 here in NY, sang AJ's praises, mentioned game 2 and said for many struggling the way AJ did here in NY...... Many would completely fold, but AJ gave his all every time
Where's that press release, I gotta see it
Ah, that's good to hear. Glad someone is giving him some props. I definitely agree with what Girardi said.
igotid posted it on the last page. Here it is again
The New York Yankees today announced they have traded right-handed pitcher A.J. Burnett and cash considerations to Pittsburgh in exchange for minor leaguers RHP Diego Moreno and OF Exicardo Cayones.
Moreno, 25, combined to make 41 relief appearances with Single-A Bradenton and Double-A Altoona in 2011, going 2-4 with a 3.63 ERA (44.2IP, 18ER). He struck out 45 batters and held opponents to a .218 (36-for-165) batting average. In five minor league seasons (2007-11), he has combined to strike out 212 batters in 194.0 innings pitched over 116 games (six starts). A native of Higuerote, Venezuela, Moreno was signed by the Pirates as a non-drafted free agent on August 21, 2006.
Cayones, 20, was signed as a non-drafted free agent on July 4, 2008, out of Valencia, Venezuela. In three minor league seasons, he has batted .272 (128-for-471) with 34 doubles, seven triples, one home run and 68 RBI in 149 games, appearing at all three outfield positions. He split the 2011 season between the GCL Pirates and short-season Single-A State College, combining to hit .228 (26-for-114) in 38 games.
Burnett, 35, was signed by the Yankees as a free agent on December 18, 2008, to a five-year contract. In his three seasons with the club, he went 34-35 with a 4.79 ERA (584.0IP, 311ER) in 99 games (98 starts). His 58 wild pitches recorded during his three-year stint with the Yankees (2009-11) were the most for any Major League pitcher over a three-season span since Tony Cloninger threw 62 wild pitches from 1964 through 1966, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.
He posted an 11-11 record with a 5.15 ERA (190.1IP, 109ER) in 33 appearances (32GS) with the Yankees in 2011, setting career-highs in home runs allowed (31) and tying a career-high in earned runs allowed, while ranking first with a franchise-record 25 wild pitches – the most by any Major League pitcher in a single season since the start of the 2000s and the fifth most since 1900.
I think Damon would have been a better fit than Ibanez and I think the salary considerations played a part in the Ibanez signing. Not really a big fan to be blunt.
I'm certain the Ibanez signing had everything to do with his asking price being lower than Damon's. However, even if Damon wanted $5 million, who cares? They saved $5million this year by sending AJ packing so Damon would have been a break-even signing as far as payroll is concerned. The extra money for a better bat shouldn't be that big of an issue, especially since Damon reached out to the team, so he must have been willing to be a DH instead of an OF. I hope it works out, but I have a feeling mid-June will roll around and we'll be wishing they'd picked Damon.
I could have sworn he said this would be his last year when he signed that contract extension a couple years ago.
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Oh, yeah, meant to mention - thanks for signing Raul so we get that extra draft pick.
You're welcome.
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AJ with a nice shot on his way out the door. Don't let your ERA hit you in the ass when you leave dude. Paid huge money and you say there were too many people trying to fix you? Yeah...they had millions of reasons to fix you. Enjoy Pittsburgh and obscurity for the rest of your career.
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well it was painfully obvious and it only delayed them losing to Texas and Cliff Lee by about a week.
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They signed David Aardsma to a $500,000 major leage deal with a club option for 2013. There might be incentives that would make it worth more but I'm not 100% sure about that. He's coming off Tommy John surgery so he won't be ready to start the season but should be back by mid-season, maybe somewhere in the area of the All-Star break.
one of the more annoying voices I have ever heard.
If I had known then what I know now...
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one reporter's comment: Why not just send A.J. through a wood chipper and ship the bloody remains to Pittsburgh?
that was rough
Yeah, I don't get it. There must be something behind that. No mention of Game 2 at all or game 4 this year. There has to be a reason behind that.
"Becoming a Bruce fan is like hitting puberty as a musical fan. It's inevitable." - dcfaithful
I guess, to me Swisher is the least of the Yanks worries. He's a role player, the big guys were miserable last season and to me, that's a much bigger issue.
Girardi was on Mike'd up lastnite on NBC 4 here in NY, sang AJ's praises, mentioned game 2 and said for many struggling the way AJ did here in NY...... Many would completely fold, but AJ gave his all every time
Where's that press release, I gotta see it
Ah, that's good to hear. Glad someone is giving him some props. I definitely agree with what Girardi said.
igotid posted it on the last page. Here it is again
The New York Yankees today announced they have traded right-handed pitcher A.J. Burnett and cash considerations to Pittsburgh in exchange for minor leaguers RHP Diego Moreno and OF Exicardo Cayones.
Moreno, 25, combined to make 41 relief appearances with Single-A Bradenton and Double-A Altoona in 2011, going 2-4 with a 3.63 ERA (44.2IP, 18ER). He struck out 45 batters and held opponents to a .218 (36-for-165) batting average. In five minor league seasons (2007-11), he has combined to strike out 212 batters in 194.0 innings pitched over 116 games (six starts). A native of Higuerote, Venezuela, Moreno was signed by the Pirates as a non-drafted free agent on August 21, 2006.
Cayones, 20, was signed as a non-drafted free agent on July 4, 2008, out of Valencia, Venezuela. In three minor league seasons, he has batted .272 (128-for-471) with 34 doubles, seven triples, one home run and 68 RBI in 149 games, appearing at all three outfield positions. He split the 2011 season between the GCL Pirates and short-season Single-A State College, combining to hit .228 (26-for-114) in 38 games.
Burnett, 35, was signed by the Yankees as a free agent on December 18, 2008, to a five-year contract. In his three seasons with the club, he went 34-35 with a 4.79 ERA (584.0IP, 311ER) in 99 games (98 starts). His 58 wild pitches recorded during his three-year stint with the Yankees (2009-11) were the most for any Major League pitcher over a three-season span since Tony Cloninger threw 62 wild pitches from 1964 through 1966, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.
He posted an 11-11 record with a 5.15 ERA (190.1IP, 109ER) in 33 appearances (32GS) with the Yankees in 2011, setting career-highs in home runs allowed (31) and tying a career-high in earned runs allowed, while ranking first with a franchise-record 25 wild pitches – the most by any Major League pitcher in a single season since the start of the 2000s and the fifth most since 1900.
Ouch
oh my ....
and AJ will always get props for the biggest game in 09
Might as well send the best closer out with one more ring right?
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"Becoming a Bruce fan is like hitting puberty as a musical fan. It's inevitable." - dcfaithful
"Becoming a Bruce fan is like hitting puberty as a musical fan. It's inevitable." - dcfaithful
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Chicago 2007
Camden 2008 MSG 2008 MSG 2008 Hartford 2008.
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Toronto 2011,Toronto 2011
Wrigley Field 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Philadelphia 2, 2013
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"I play good, hard-nosed basketball.
Things happen in the game. Nothing you
can do. I don't go and say,
"I'm gonna beat this guy up."
"Becoming a Bruce fan is like hitting puberty as a musical fan. It's inevitable." - dcfaithful
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Atlanta 12
Greenville 16, Columbia 16
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one of the more annoying voices I have ever heard.
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